WHEN DISASTER STRIKES.. THERE'S AN OMAHA MAN WHO RUNS áTOWARD THE TROUBLE. THAT'S HIS JOB..BUT HE áKEEPS HELPING WHEN HE'S OFF THE CLOCK. AND THAT.. IS WHY J.J.(cooz-mah) KUZMA IS BEING HONORED AS A "HOMETOWN HERO". ROB MCCARTNEY REPORTS. J.J. KUZMA WILL TELL YOU... HE DIDN'T HAVE THE BEST START IN LIFE.(Kuzma: My grandmother raised me.)(Kuzma: And when I got to the 4th grade I was beyond handling.) SO HIS GRANDMOTHER SENT HIM TO A CHILDREN'S HOME ... AN ORPHANAGE OF SORTS.(Kuzma: The first time I was supposed to go there, I ran away.) (Kuzma: And I get home and my grandmother says "Vat the hell you doing, I put you away!") BUT.. WHEN HE WAS REPORTED TO THE CHILDREN'S HOME.. INSTEAD OF PUNISHING J-J.. THEY FORGAVE HIM. A MESSAGE THAT WASN'T LOST ON THE YOUNG MAN.(Kuzma: Never. Never had another reason to run.)(Kuzma: From then on my life just went straight up.) LITERALLY. J-J WENT INTO THE AIR FORCE... THEN TO EVEN GREATER HEIGHTS..WHEN HE RETIRED. HE'S BECOME AN EXPERT OF SORTS.. ON DISASTERS.. FOR 15-YEARS.. WORKING WITH THE SALVATION ARMY'S EMERGENCY DISASTER SERVICE. J-J's SPENT HOURS .. GUIDING LOCAL EFFORTS AFTER 9-11... - HURRICANE KATRINA.. - TORNADOES IN moore, OKLAHOMA..AND HALLAM, NEBRASKA.. THE LIST GOES ON. J-J SAYS ALL DISASTERS.. NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE.. ARE LOCAL.(Kuzma: Cause once all the hubbub is gone, once all the big players are gone, then it)(comes back to local folks to manage it. And that's where the heroes are.) HE'S ALSO HELPING IN THE DAILY FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL.. FEEDING THE HOMELESS THROUGH THE SALVATION ARMY'S WINTER NIGHT WATCH PROGRAM... THE FOOD BANK OF OMAHA'S "KIDS CRUISIN KITCHEN"... HE HELPS WITH THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS. J-J DOESN'T HESITATE WHEN I ASK HIM IF áHE'S A HERO.(Kuzma: No.) HE SAYS HE'S JUST áONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO LOVES WHAT HE DOES...AND HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE HE CAN RELY ON. WHILE HE'S HONORED.. HE'S HUMBLED. KNOWING ALL THE GOOD THAT'S BEING DONE .. BY SO MANY. (Kuzma: There's a whole lot of other folks that I see doing things every day that should be sitting here. Every day.)(Kuzma: I am blessed by the fact that I can do a job with an organization who says, "Help. No matter what.") AND THAT'S WHAT J-J DOES EVERY DAY. PAYING BACK. (Reporter: YOUR GRANDMA WOULD BE PROUD. Kuzma: I hope so. I hope so.) ROB MCCARTNEY REPORTING. J-J REALLY APPRECIATES ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WHO HELP.. HE SAYS GETTING THEM CAN BE TOUGH..ESPECIALLY DURING THE DAY. BUT.. ONCE SOMEONE VOLUNTEERS...THEY'RE USUALLY HOOKED ON THAT FEELING OF HELPING OTHERS. J-J IS ONE OF THREE "HOMETOWN HEROES" BEING HONORED BY THE F-B-I.. YOU CAN SEE ALL THREE PROFILES.. ON K-E-T-V DOT COM.

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